Presenter:James Ross (guest presenter)
Welcome to Monday on The Brew. We’re just making one stop today and that is right in the middle of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, to say hi to our friend and Bureau Chief-at-large, Neil Runcieman. Join him at 1:25, and on Facebook live, for all the New Year’s latest. Robbie McRobbie is having an extended Hogmanay in the old country, and will be back next week.
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01/01/2026
Presenter:James Ross (guest presenter)
James with The Brew from 12-2 as we continue our SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL... Will Bruce (photo) joins us in the studio to tell us how he's incorporating AI into his music to take it to new heights... How does that work? And what are the pitfalls? We find out after 12.30... Ahead of our music chat our business futurist Morris Miselowski considers whether or not we will all lose our jobs to AI? And after the One O'Clock news Merrin Pearse join us with Stan Shea to talk about changes to rules around international trading of “shark fins", species such as whale sharks, wedgefishes and giant guitarfishes. Stan is the Marine Programme Director for BLOOM Association Hong Kong. All that and the best in music until 2pm...
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